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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: FACTS ABOUT WB2.0 (Was: Re:WB2.0 for non-A3000)
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Date: 2 Mar 91 20:21:34 GMT
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In article <46349@nigel.ee.udel.edu> "F. Michael Theilig" <GKZ117@uriacc.uri.edu> writes:

   >
   >Are Amiga users feeling a little threatened by the Next?  This is the
   >second time you've made a negative comment about the Next.  Have you
   >used the new 68040 Nexts?
   >
	Many are.  It's a nice package.  If I had the cash for an A3000,
    I'd have to seriously consider a low-end Next.  I'd lean toward the
    A3000 because I'm already into the system, and I despise the artsey,
    new-age, bohemian <%&*#^&@!!> image they are trying to market.  Even
    worse than the Macintosh.  I want a computer, not a "cube".

	Aside from that, hardware to hardware, it is an attractive piece.

Image is very important.  It's the reason the Amiga never made it into
corporate America, and as we all know, the hardware is as good as the
Mac's.  As far as the cube goes, it's for expandability.  NeXT
Dimension, 33 MHz 040, multiple CPU boards(I have seen a DSP board), a
couple of gigs worth of internal disk space, etc.

-Mike